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UK reggae band, UB40, featuring Ali Campbell, will open their ‘The Big Love’ Pacific Tour at Teufaiva Stadium in Tongatapu, on 28 January 2026.

Saione Funaki (19) received a suspended sentence for common assault when he punched a 16 year old on the mouth, causing him to loose consciousness, when he was walking back to Nukuleka, after a social gathering in Makaunga on eastern Tongatapu.

Na’e fakahu mai ki he Potungaue ‘Atakai ‘o e MEIDECC he ‘aho 2 Siulai, 2025 ‘a e lipooti fakafuofua ki he uesia ‘o e ‘Atakai (EIA) mei he Poloseki ‘a e Tonga Hawaiki Submarine Cable Branch System. Ko e  fakataumu’a ke fakatoka ‘a e keipolo (uaea) mei loto tahi ki he lotofonua ‘o Vava’u.’ ‘Oku ‘ataa ke fakahoko mai ha fakatalanoa fekau’aki mo e lipooti’ mei he 8:30 pongipongi Tu’apulelulu 31 Siulai ki he 4:30 efiafi Pulelulu 6 ‘Akosi, 2025.

Three urgent Government Bills, including a Constitutional amendment, were passed by the Legislative Assembly of Tonga this week, in Nuku’alofa. The Constitutional amendment introduces the word “customs”. People’s Representatives Vaipulu and Sovaleni expressed concerns about the future limitations of using “customary law” and potential confusion in court.

The ‘Ikale Tahi and Queensland Reds from Australia are set to face off at Teufaiva Stadium in Nuku’alofa on 15 August.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI’s Sam Altman have been aggressively promoting the idea that everyone – children included – should form relationships with AI “friends” or “companions.” Meanwhile, multinational tech companies are pushing the concept of “AI agents” designed to assist us in our personal and professional lives, handle routine tasks, and guide decision-making. But the reality is that AI systems are not, and never will be, friends, companions, or agents. They are, and will always remain, machines. The most deceptive term of all is “artificial intelligence”. By Peter G. Kirchschläger

Tonga’s National U16 women’s football team, Young Mataliki will compete in OFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2025 in Samoa from 1-14 August.

Scammers who targeted a Tongan Public Enterprise have succeeded in taking $270,000 panga, Tonga's Minister of Public Enterprises, Hon. Piveni Piukala has revealed.

After 20 years of negotiations, Fisheries Ministers unanimously endorsed the agreement on proportional allocation of South Pacific Albacore (SPA) among FFA Members, during the 24th Forum Fisheries Committee Ministerial in Niue last week.